President Elect Mr. Donald Trump is slamming on defense contractors for being ridiculously highly funded. Trump recently implemented that he would cancel the latest Boeings Air Force One. Shortly after the scare of the Air Force one he decided to attack the Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) for its cost being “Out of Control.”

LTN is a Luton international it refers to London, England, United Kingdom airport code. They are well known and reliable for their customers. They have recently introduced a new slip ring for packaging machines. Many people are excited for this announcement. This new slip ring is especially made to not contain any mercury. This is great because since Mercury id extremely toxic for the body. And since it can enter the body through inhalation, ingestion, or skin absorption. It is best If it is avoided and that is why the new announcement has many people excited happier about it. because now it is much safer. Other than the fact it is safer this new slip ring enables a high electricity and data transmission rate, combined with compact dimensions.

On October 24^th 2016 there was an article on Maschinen Markt talking about how NSK steel had the spotlight at the Metal Expo that happened in Moscow November 8^th to the 11^th. The NSK steel industry has many types of bearings that are used in all types of applications. Some of these bearings can be found in equipment as well as plants in both downstream and upstream processes. These processes include raw materials, refining, smelting, and rolling. There is over 100 years of experience that goes into manufacturing and designing these types of bearings in the steel industry.

Ge aviation who is a world leading provider for jet engines. It known for providing components for commercial and military aircraft. Along with COMAC that is a Chinese state owned aerospace manufacturer that was establishes on May 11 of 2008. Both corporations have made a deal that they both will use their data to improve their operational efficiencies. This partnership is planning on working as a team to be able to provide the best outcomes yet. They are planning to “explore and collaborate on digital solutions and applications on customer and product support monitoring and diagnostics, intelligent aircraft, and enhanced manufacturing fields”.

The new shocking topic is the  flying taxis service. Many people just talk about it and aren’t expecting for flying taxis to become reality, or at least not so soon. Airbus has shocked many people and is making them excited about their new announcement of establishing flying taxis/ they called it their “Vahana” project. Other than establishing this great service they have even been awarded with a flight testing contract. This award was awarded to Alexandria, Virginia based engineering and technology solutions company and SOAR.

Honeywell is an “American multinational company that produces a variety of commercial and consumer products, engineering services and aerospace systems for a wide variety of customers”. It offers many corporate aircraft parts. This company has always been trying to improve their products, they are always looking for ways to improve and are willing to make changeable accommodation for higher customer satisfactions. One of the reasons they tend to do good was they forecasted the new deliveries of the jet by 2026. It concluded that 8600 new businesses worth at least 225bn will be delivered, and reflects a reduction in the value between 6 and 7%. this reduction of the value could be said to be caused by many aspects, it mainly is the cause of the economic downfall that has been happening in many countries and many regions.

Rolls Royce is going through a crisis with their productions. Their division is down more than 90%, last year they delivered 326 engines and this year they only delivered 312. This is a big change for them and a big setback in the business. Their revenues went down by 5%. This is tragic for the company and it is going to take a lot of effort and time to come back to their set goal revenues. This revenue drop is mainly due to the transition they recently made.

Some of the top aviation and tech industry leaders have confirmed that they will be at the Flying Aviation Expo’s weekend lineup which is anticipated to be jam-packed with invaluable educational workshops/seminars and aircraft displays. October 20-22^nd will have acclaimed HondaJet and Cessna Citation M2 on full display during the expo at the Palm Springs International Airport. The displays will also feature aircrafts such as the Beechcraft Baron, Searey amphibian, Eclipse 550, Aviat Husky, Cub Crafters XCub, Cirrus SR22, Cessna TTx and airplanes from Lancair, Pilatus, Mooney and more.

Frontier Airlines had previously placed orders of 80 A320neo Family Airbus carrier planes, and the first of the aircrafts was finally delivered this October. Frontier Airlines is the first American airline to receive an A320neo carrier equipped with CFM engines. The quantity ordered speaks highly of the reliability Airbus provides for the airline. Not only are the carriers safe, but they allow the airline to provide flights at a lower rate than other competitors.

The Lockheed Martin Lightning II or also known as the F-35 fighter-jet helmet has a price tag of over $400,000. That is an incredible amount for a piece of headgear but when you consider it in the context of the F-35, which was developed by America and our allies to effectively replace the existing strike aircraft and carries a price tag of anywhere between $148 and $337 million, it’s a steal. With such an outrageous cost one would surmise that pilots would be universally satisfied with and that is where you would be wrong.